Venezuela's Problems Could Doom US Heating Oil CharityAmid continuing economic turmoil, Venezuela skipped heating oilcontributions to a Massachusetts-based nonprofit for a second consecutivewinter, signaling that the popular program that began with fanfare afterHurricane Katrina may be kaput.

The decision by Venezuela's Citgo Petroleum Corp. to bow out of the programfounded by Joseph P. Kennedy II, which has helped hundreds of thousands ofU.S. residents, coincides with plummeting oil prices and correspondingeconomic problems in oil-rich Venezuela.

Hopes of a late contribution to the "Joe-4-Oil" program to help the poorheat their homes faded with spring's arrival this week, Kennedy said.

Venezuelan oil money should benefit Venezuelans first and should not beused to buy political influence in the US. That is meddling in theinternal affairs of another country.Of course a Chavez-Maduro plan was doomed. The "kaput" happened inVenezuela due to corruption and bad management.Note that "oil prices" have been "plummeting down" over the last 10 years.https://www.statista.com/statistics/262858/change-in-opec-crude-oil-prices-since-1960/Blame the Castro inspired Chavez - Maduro disaster.

Post by jatVenezuela's Problems Could Doom US Heating Oil CharityAmid continuing economic turmoil, Venezuela skipped heating oilcontributions to a Massachusetts-based nonprofit for a second consecutivewinter, signaling that the popular program that began with fanfare afterHurricane Katrina may be kaput.The decision by Venezuela's Citgo Petroleum Corp. to bow out of the programfounded by Joseph P. Kennedy II, which has helped hundreds of thousands ofU.S. residents, coincides with plummeting oil prices and correspondingeconomic problems in oil-rich Venezuela.Hopes of a late contribution to the "Joe-4-Oil" program to help the poorheat their homes faded with spring's arrival this week, Kennedy said.http://www.voanews.com/a/venezuela-problems-could-doom-united-states-heating-oil-charity/3776589.html